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Trains Magazine 1998 July Battle of Cleveland Britain freight revolution Santa F
Trains 1998 July
6From the Editors
The right guy at the right time
10Railway Post Office
Letters from our readers
14Potomac Pundit
Columnist Don Phillips
16 The homer
Columnist Ed King
18Railroad News
Events, trends, people
20Power Desk
Locomotive news
23Scanner
Railroad-by-railroad news items
28Railroad News Photos
This month's colorful railroad scene
FEATURES
COVER STORY:
Cleveland: Center of Controversy
24Area residents are fighting CSX's and Norfolk Southern's post-Conrail operating plans.
by Bill Stephens
Have Hoop, Will Travel
34 On Conrail's Harrisburg Line, an operator's car is more than transportation; it's also his tower.
by Kevin Burkholder
Railroad Titans 36PHriollfitloesGorfah1a1mmecnia,ytfroormwJihmo
left an enduring legacy for North American railroading.
by William B. Parker
The Loneliest Short Line in Texas
4 2 The Pecos Valley Southern is a
one-trick pony inhabiting a remote corner of the Lone Star State.
by David Lustid
On Location:
Thebes Bridge and Environs
48 The routes of the former Union (J Pacific-Southern Pacific "River Wars" in southern Illinois and southeastern Missouri still hum with activity.
by Randy Wood
Britain's Rail Freight Revolution
54Left for dead by government, British Rail's freight operation withered until the establishment of the English Welsh & Scottish Railway.
by Mel Holley and Nigel Harris
Making Intermodal Profitable: Mission Impossible?
6 4 How Santa Fe turned things
around in the railroad container shipping business in the 1990's.
by Jim Giblin
Selected Railroad Reading
68 A different ld of Sl (J Hollow, playingegen railroadereepy, a reality check at 110 mph, and a teen at the throttle of big N&W steam.
Readers' Platform: Where's the Vision?
72 If passenger trains are a solution to traffic and pollution,
then where is the support for them?
by James Carnahan
74ABC's of Railroading
Questions, answers, "Glossary"
76Reviews
New books and videos
82New Products
Selected railroadiana
84Preservation Points
Museums, tourist lines, depots
86Schedules
Upcoming fantrips, shows, exhibits
90Observations
Staff commentary
98Photo Finish
Amtrak on a hot August night
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